"I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it."

-- Steve Prefontaine

#Running Quotes #Winning Quotes #Race Quotes

“This matter is in litigation. All of you know lawyers. They are adamant that you don't say anything.”
“I'm the company philosopher and the burr in the saddle. I'm the one who says we need to try harder, improve the quality of our products, become a part of the political process, help elect people who are good for the environment.”
“A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.”
“Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.”
“If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.”
“There is no home as comfortable as your father's arms and no bed as soft as your mother's lap.”
“I like large sounds and very complex sonorities, and I also tend to opt for creating a feeling of vast space. I could achieve this effect either by using a symphony orchestra, which for a dance piece is pretty much impossible these days, or by using a synthesizer on multi-channel tape and a superb sound system, to get that same sensation of expansiveness and depth.”
“Politics is social work with power.”

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